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DALLAS — Nothing appeared unusual when Tobias Harris received a pass from Maurice Harkless at midcourt and then raced toward the basket midway through the second quarter on Tuesday night. Harris sprinted forward, reached the lane and elevated, where the Houston Rockets' Donatas Montiejunas challenged the shot cleanly. But two things went wrong: Harris missed the shot and he also sprained his left ankle when he landed. The ankle injury forced Harris to leave Tuesday's game for good in the third quarter, and it also forced him to sit out the Magic's game Wednesday night against the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center. "I wouldn't say...

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DALLAS — Nothing appeared unusual when Tobias Harris received a pass from Maurice Harkless at midcourt and then raced toward the basket midway through the second quarter on Tuesday night. Harris sprinted forward, reached the lane and elevated, where the...

Kyle O'Quinn will never forget his one shining moment in the NCAA Tournament.
On March 16, 2012, exactly three years ago Monday, O'Quinn and his Norfolk State Spartans teammates completed one of the biggest upsets in the history of March Madness. They...

Now that the Magic will go with James Borrego as their (interim) coach for the rest of the season, here are 5 things that the team needs to do:
BORREGO A GO? Give Borrego a chance to keep the job. While the Magic are expected to look for a proven...

Once upon a time in the NBA, when big-city basketball was all the rage, the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks were ever-present on the league marquee.Today?Their combined record this season is 43-114.When the Celtics, Lakers and...

Sure looks strange for the Magic to hold tryouts with the NBA season already in progress.
Jacque Vaughn, though, gives you the feeling he'll play anyone who knows what to do when the other team has the ball. Mainly, not faint.
Lately, Vaughn has tried...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Courtney Lee and Vince Carter are forever linked in Orlando Magic history.
On June 25, 2009, just 11 days after they lost in the NBA Finals, the Magic made a blockbuster trade, acquiring Carter and Ryan Anderson from the New Jersey...

Trade winds have been blowing in the NBA for some time this season.
Magic GM Rob Hennigan is no stranger to making deals. The Magic could use a rim-protecting power forward (who couldn't?) and a go-to wing (Andrew Wiggins, we never knew ye).
Here's my...

The Magic's signing of guard Ben Gordon as a free agent last summer to a two-year $8-million contract raised some eyebrows and was criticized in certain circles.
But Gordon feels he has proved his doubters wrong and recaptured his game after spending two...

If you were familiar with the Orlando Magic’s pattern, you could foresee this outcome.
The Magic led the Cleveland Cavaliers 75-71 heading into the fourth quarter.
The lead never felt safe because it wasn’t safe.
Orlando’s offense deteriorated during...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Magic certainly don't have a LeBron James. And as they witnessed at Time Warner Cable Arena, they don't have a Kemba Walker, either.
To win games, the Magic must usually take up a collection, which is what they did Saturday night in...

Shortly after the Orlando Magic’s chartered jet landed at Orlando International Airport early Saturday morning, a deflating loss to the Atlanta Hawks fresh in players’ minds, a dejected Tobias Harris made a declaration to his teammates.
“We’re going to...

Wow, the Magic finally are getting a little more serious about this winning stuff. Here they are, 23 games into the season, and we haven't begun the official countdown to the draft lottery.
On the contrary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls: The...

WASHINGTON — Now in his third season as the Orlando Magic's head coach, Jacque Vaughn has demonstrated an almost otherworldly ability to put a positive face on even the most lopsided or heartbreaking defeats. Even as the losses have piled up — 127 of them...

WASHINGTON — Even though guard Victor Oladipo played 80 regular-season games as a rookie, the majority of his Orlando Magic teammates have minimal experience playing alongside him.
The Magic brought in eight new players during the offseason — Channing...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — When Maurice Harkless began his rookie season with the Orlando Magic in 2012, some of his teammates called him "Bambi." He was only 19 years old at the time, with a baby face short on whiskers. And when he played in NBA games,...

Magic small forward Aaron Gordon underwent surgery late Friday afternoon in Charlotte to repair a fracture in the fifth metatarsal in his left foot, according to the club.
Gordon had hoped he could avoid surgery, which was performed by Dr. Bob Anderson....

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Magic center Nik Vucevic knows the toughest part about being on the road.
"Packing and unpacking," he said. "That's the only part of this that I don't like."
He does like winning out of a suitcase, however — and...

Elfrid Payton's hair is unruly but his game is in order.
The Magic shouldn't have to deliberate: Start the kid with the chronic case of bed-head.
They need to start Payton at point guard when the regular season opens and check back in a decade or so for...

The Orlando Magic tonight will face a Miami Heat team that will be at less than full strength tonight.
Shooting guard Dwyane Wade will not play because of a hamstring injury, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said after his team completed its shootaround a few...

Kyle O'Quinn couldn't have returned at a better time for the Orlando Magic.
After a 16-game absence due to a sprained left ankle, O'Quinn played the entire fourth quarter of the Magic's blowout loss to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.
Now...